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WSOR - Reedsburg Rail Bridge

Sauk County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in June 2014

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BH Photo #286721

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Street View 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Baraboo River on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
Location
Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 225.0 ft.
Also called
WSOR - Baraboo River Bridge #1
C&NW Bridge #413
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.53189, -90.01177   (decimal degrees)
43°31'55" N, 90°00'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/741460/4824221 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Reedsburg West
Inventory number
BH 60385 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,574)
Baraboo River (28)
Built 1899 (397)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,405)
Deck girder (5,753)
Girder (10,247)
Have street view (26,956)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
Open (39,897)
 Owned by state (16,000)
Plate girder (7,933)
Railroad (15,438)
Reedsburg, Wisconsin (4)
Sauk County, Wisconsin (57)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,272)
Wisconsin (1,472)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (88)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • April 4, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Bridge is now state owned
  • June 29, 2014: New photos from Steve Conro
  • March 23, 2014: Added by John Marvig

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